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depends where on the med you are heading , east, west, central ??

where you sailing to , calais, lehavre ??

ok , we did this route last year , came in at calais then headed for an area near Beziers so you will probably go a similar route to us. We didnt use toll roads, just N roads and the free sections of autoroute. we went via Rouen, Chartres and Orleans and stopped the first night in the Loire at a place called St Pere Sur Loire. it was approx 300 miles to here from Calais . there are several sites in this area.

from there we headed for Nevers, Clermont Ferrand and stopped a second night near Millau. we could have probably got to our destination in 2 days if we hadnt slept in til 11am , but we did another 300 miles from the Loire to Millau and did the final 150 miles the next day.

it all depends which route you take, the A75 is a great piece of road with some superb scenery and i would go this route again.

whichever way you decide to go there are plenty of sites signposted of the main roads.

you dont say if you are vanning or tenting. we went with the caravan .

Looking at the viamichelin routeplanner, they give the distance from Calais to Agde(on the med coast) as 650mls, 627 on motorway, at a toll cost of 55.5€ for a car. They give an estimated driving time of 9hours 27min, which presumably doesn't include any stops. Or any holdups! So theoretically, with a late night Friday crossing, you could be in SOF by Sat evening. You may well then be knackered for a couple of days!

We did it in 12 hours years ago, from St Tropez, using the A7, A6 route through Lyon (nightmare). Two driving a car, no trailer, short stops every 2 hours.

When we go down to the Med we tend to go down the A26 and beyond via Lyon. If you follow ithis link it gives a useful list of campsites near the Autoroute with maps. Unfortunately it does not have site reports but it does have links to campsite websites. http://users.pandora.be/leo.huybrechts/00frame.htm

David

i should think i will be knackered for a few days but at least I can sleep on the beach!! the only alternative would be to catch an early morn ferry on the sat, but given the time we would have to leave to get to dover (from midlands) i would be lucky to get a couple of hours kip anyway....

by the way, we're tenting so will be able to cover the miles a bit quicker...

do you think it'll still be really busy the first week in sept? planning on getting there either on the 2nd or 3rd...

You will find sites still busy, mainly  with migrating  British and Dutch older couples(thats us!) using Camping Cheques which are usually accepted from the first week in September but the sites will not be full and you should have no problem getting a pitch.

David

are those camping cheques accepted in the majority of sites down there??

If you look at www.campingcheque.co.uk and look at their campsites you will see which ones accept the cheques and from which dates.

Phil.